The second Joint Trust representative and Trainees Committee will be taking place on Tuesday 14th March at Kia Oval, Kennington, SE11 5SS. With changeover happening, make sure you nominate a trainee to attend and represent your Trust at the meeting. The session will focus on how we can improve the well-being of the workforce and how we can implement… [Read More]

Key news from the NCEL TPMC meeting held this month follows. We had a fantastic meeting with trainees and tutors from across the sector. There was much enthusiasm and sharing of good practice in delivering training at local level. Dalbir Sohi, North Middlesex College tutor, is taking on the role of NCEL Local Faculty Group (LFG)… [Read More]

With the changeover of placements and appointment of new Trust Reps, we started off the day with a review of the Trust rep roles and duties, reviewing the handbook and the Job Information Guides (JIGs). Making sure we are adequately prepared for the next 6 months we had a refresher session on preparing for the… [Read More]

With many juniors settled into new jobs since September, there were lots of new faces at today’s NCEL Training Programme Management Committee Meeting, our two-monthly forum for North Central and North East London Trainee Reps, College Tutors, and Training Programme Directors. Today’s agenda allowed us to kick off with a lively discussion of the ways… [Read More]

Thank you to everyone who attended the NCEL Training Programme Management Committee (ST1-5) Meeting last week. We had a record turnout of enthusiastic college tutors, trainee reps and training programme directors. There was a robust discussion around the ST4/5 application process with a unanimous call by trainees for more information about the process and the… [Read More]

Thanks very much to everyone who contributed to such a dynamic College Tutor and Trainee Trust Rep meeting this afternoon at Senate House. We heard from Simon Broughton, Su Laurent and Bob Klaber about all of the work and innovation that is taking place within each of the 3 sectors. We heard from Raj Kainth… [Read More]

Thanks to all the trainees and trainers who continue to contribute so fully to the STCs and the work of the School across London. It is fantastic that there is such energy and drive to ensure that the quality of training, and ultimately the care that we give to our patients, is as good as… [Read More]

The Trainees’ Committee held its bi-monthly meeting last week. A huge amount of work is going on to ensure that the new sector arrangement of ST1-5 training is allowing new and innovative training sessions to be held across London. Over the following months you’ll see a variety of new teaching and exam-preparation sessions being rolled… [Read More]

Next Trust Rep meeting: Tuesday 14th January Recruitment: We will be launching recruitment to The Trainees’ Committee at the School Conference and via email soon after. It’s a great opportunity to represent trainees at Deanery level, better understand how The School of Paediatrics works, develop new training initiatives plus develop your own personal leadership skills…. [Read More]